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Definitely a product of its time. The point of the show was not elevating women or LGBTQ+ communities. It was about the pointlessness and evils of war broadly and of US Imperialism specifically. Knowing that makes the things that are unacceptable in a modern show a bit easier to tolerate.
There are a lot of shows like that. Movies too. I think that's why drama ages much better than comedy. I have great affection for Peter Seller's Pink Panther movies, but they don't hold a candle to Sidney Poitiet's In the Heat of the Night. One made jokes at the expense of vulnerable groups and the other shone a spotlight on the injustices one minority faced.
MASH is best when it does the latter. Those episodes carry the series. It's a good recommendation
Well said. I know there were some episodes that dealt with the reason why Houlahan was the way she was due to having to make it in a man's army and being cold and stern was how she built up her wall